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LOYAL brethren are being rewarded for their commitment to the Orange Order's religious and cultural aims in the first ever Orange 'Oscars'.
Lodges and members of the Order are in line for the inaugural awards which will be conferred upon the best fundraising lodge and the lodge with the best banner.
Awards will also go to the lodge and member demonstrating the greatest community involvement in a ceremony being staged tonight at the Shankill Road Spectrum Centre.
The presentations will form part of a gala evening which will feature the trademark sounds of the Flutes of the Mourne Ensemble, the Dunloy Accordion Band, Culture Beat and the Conlig Fife and Drum Band.
All the proceeds of the occasion will be donated to the Togo truck appeal, which is raising money to provide Orangemen in west Africa with a special vehicle to carry out social and medical work in the country's interior.
Dr David Hume, the Order's director of services, said people from all over Ireland were expected to attend the awards ceremony.
"These Orange Oscars have been designed specifically for those lodges and individuals who work so hard behind the scenes to further the Order's religious and cultural aims, often with little recognition outside their own district.